The government of Myanmar, having long since dropped any pretense of reform of restrictions on human rights, is raising the pace of its repression of the independent press. The Tatmadaw, the country’s military, is now suing the independent news outlet The Irrawaddy on allegations of criminal defamation over its coverage of the bitter ethnic conflict in …
Myanmar Press Crackdown Gains Speed
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